Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken vs. Evanger's Maximum Beef for Ferrets
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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Evanger's's ratio of 1.54 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Evanger's has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Evanger's has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Evanger's is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 5th ingredient.
Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken
Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Evanger's's ratio of 1.54 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken meal turkey meal menhaden fish meal peas chicken fat tapioca natural flavor dried tomato pomace montmorillonite clay
Evanger's Maximum Beef for Ferrets
Evanger's has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Evanger's has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Evanger's is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 5th ingredient.
First 10 ingredients:
beef water whole dried egg taurine liver chelated minerals calcium carbonate zinc sulfate ferrous sulfate zinc proteinate
Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free ChickenKibble |
Evanger's Maximum Beef for FerretsCanned |
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Score
F |
Score
C |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Canned |
| Meat % | Unknown | Unknown |
| Protein % | 41% | 10% |
| Fat % | 21% | 6.5% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 1% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.95 to 1 | 1.54 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 18 | 7 |
| Meat Content |
9 total
high concentration, high quality |
3 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
7 total
low concentration |
None |
| Pea-free | No, 5th Ingredient | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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